Mechanism for transmitting motion to tot figures and objects



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G. GO-LE. MECHANISM FORTBANSMITTING MOTION TO TOY FIGURES AND OBJECTSPatented Mar. 25, 1890.

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G. COLE. MECHANISM FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION TO TOY FIGURES AND OBJECTS.

, No. 423,905. Patented Mar.2.5, 1890.

mlnwsw. I 6 r E Q 01 0 L UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE COLE, OF LONDON, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

MECHANISM FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION TO TOY FIGURES AND OBJECTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,905, dated March25, 1890. Application filed July 23, 1888. Serial No. 280,788. (Nomodel.) Patented in England June 2, 1886, No. 7,400.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE COLE, of the firm of George Cole d: 00.,merchants and manufacturers, of 13 and 15 Finsbury Street, London, inthe county of Middlesex, England, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, have invented certain new and Improved Mechanism forTransmitting Motion to Toy Figures and Objects, (for which I havereceived Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 7,400, dated the 2d day ofJune, 1886,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the arrangement andapplication of mechanism for actuating toy figures, effigies, or animalsrepresented as in the act of boxing, wrestling, running, and the like,or other mechanical operation.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carriedinto practice, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to theaccompanying drawings, which show two examples of the manner in which myimproved mechanism is arranged and constructed in accordance with mypresent invention and applied so as to actuate mechanical toy figures,in the cases shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3 these figures beingrepresented in the act of boxing.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 shows theback elevation, and Fig. 2 the sideelevation, of toy boxers actuated by a spring motor. Fig. 3 showsanother arrangement in which the mefor is a free rotating top spun in acup or bearing. Fig. 4 shows another plan for obtaining motion from afree rotating top, as hereinafter explained. Fig. 5 shows a sideelevation, and Fig. 6 a plan, of the train of wheels forming theclock-work motor f, suitable for the purposes hereinafter described.Fig. 7 is a side view, and Fig. 8 a plan, of the top plate or frictionaldisk 6 of the top or motor, showing the projections or cross-bars 0cthereon, which may be of greater or less number, as desired.

1) is a frame-work standing on legs I). A erankedaxle or shaft a, withcranko", (hung in ahole or groove,) passes through the framework b. Theend of the axle or shaft a, after passing out at the bottom of theframe-work b, is bent to form a lever or crank arm a.

From the end of lever a is suspended or hung by means of a flexible cord0 a ball, (advantageously of india-rubber,) weight, or pendant d of anysuitable shape. Underneath the frame-work Z2 (referring to Figs. 1 and2) is placed a base-plate or stand f, which by means of an axle or shaft6 supports a frictional disk or table e (which may be of any suitableshape) in such a manner that it can be made to revolve freely. The standf is so placed that the ball, weight, or pendant d, or its cord 0, isallowed to rest or partly rest upon the frictional disk or table 6 orcome into contact with some part of the disk 6 which may haveprojections or cross-plates upon itfor the purpose of such contact.Afigure g is suspended orloosely hung upon one end of a bent lever 2',its fulcrum being kept at 71. On the other end of the bent levert' isformed a loop or eyelet. Into this loop or eyelet one end of aconnecting-rod 7c is hooked, the other end of the rod being bent looselyround the crank a of shaft a. The figure h is connected in a similarmanner to crank a by means of a bent lever j and connecting-rod Z. Thefrictional disk or table (2 being made to revolve by clock-work, (inFig. 6 is shown a springbarrel .9 and train of wheels for revolving theaxis 6 at a high rate of speed, the table 6 being attached to the axis 6and thereby revolved,) springs, or other suitable means, the ball orweight, coming into contact, is made to swing, jerk, and rotateviolently, thereby causing intermittent and jerking motion, which bymeans of the lever to, crank 01/, connecting-rods Z and 7c, and bentlevers j and i is transmitted to the figuresg and h, causing them toappear as in the act of boxing.

In Fig. 3 the parts 6, e, and 7, Figs. 1 and 2, are replaced by a freerotating top m, which is spun in the cup 0, provided for that purpose,to keep the said top in its proper position while spinning, the upperpart or frictional disk n of the spinning top having the same action onthe suspended ball, weight, or pendant cl as the frictional disk ortable 6, Figs. 1 and 2, before described, to which similar additionsmaybe made. The cup 0 is advantageously made of china and mounted in thebase of the frame of the toy, as shown, or-

in any suitable manner. A variety of other toy figures, animals, or obects may be worked in a similar manner, causing them to appear as in theactof wrestling, dancing, running, or performing other variousmechanical operations in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 4 shows another modification, the action or motion of afreerotating top m (spun in a cup or holder 0) being utilized to actuate orswing in jerks the pendulum or arm 3 to and fro by means of thesuspended ball, weight, or pendant d and cord 0 coming in contact withthe frictional disk 12, as before described, which thus causes the jerkypartial rotation of the axis 25, which motion can be readily adapted foractuating toy figures, such as sawing, playing the fiddle, or such likemovements. The above arrangement is also applicable to the disk 6,described with reference to Figsl and 2. It will thus be seen that bythe arranging or mounting a ball, weight, or pendant-such ascZ-suspended on a flexible cord or connection 0, in juxtaposition andacting in conjunction with a free rotating top or other motor having alike revolving disk or surface, a jerky intermittent motion is obtainedand can be transmitted to actuate numerous mechanical toys.

I do not desire to claim herein separately either the motor or the freerotating top, which latter, incombination with other parts,

forms the subj ect-matter of another application by me for LettersPatent of the United States, Serial No. 280,787.

Having fully described my inventiomwhat I desire to claim and secure byLetters Patent of the United States is 1. In actuating toy figures andobjects, the combination of a weight cl, suspended by means of aflexible cord 0 to a crank-arm a on a crank-axle a, with a rotatingfrictional disk upon which the suspended Weight d comes in contact,substantially as set forth.

2. In mechanism for actuating toy figures and objects, an uprightcrankaxle having a crank therein hung loosely at its upper end andhaving its lower end formed so as to serve as a crank-arm, to the end ofwhich latter is attached a Weight or ball by means of a flexible cord,which suspended Weight comes in contact with a frictional disk formingthe top part of a spinning top or revolving motor, substantially as setforth.

GEORGE COLE.

Vitnesses:

HENRY BIRKBECK,

3i Southampton Buildings, London, W'. C.

P. WoonWARn,

28 Southampton Buildings, London, W (I.

